Family in Transition : : A Study of 300 Yugoslav Villages / / Vera St. Erlich.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1931-1979
• VerfasserIn: St. Erlich, Vera,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]; ©1966
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 1992
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (506 p.)

Mrs. St. Ehrlich, a leading Yugoslav sociologist, seized the opportunity just before World War II to examine objectively the fast-vanishing style of life of Yugoslav peasants and villagers. This book, based on a widely distributed questionnaire and many interviews, provides a new picture, based on sympathetic understanding of family relationships and customs in 300 villages. The early chapters deal with the historical background of Yugoslavia and lay a groundwork for the assessment of the influence of centuries of Austrian and Ottoman domination, the brief years of independence, and the recent penetration of a money economy. Subsequent chapters explore attitudes and traditions relating to intra-family relationships.Originally published in 1966.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Preface: Story of a Survey -- Acknowledgments -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction: Problems and Goals -- I. Historical Background -- II. The Patriarchal Regime -- III. The Status of The Father -- IV. Mother and Mother-in-Law -- V. Brother and Sister -- VI. Boy and Girl -- VII. Marriage -- VIII. Husband and Wife -- IX. Childbearing -- X. Extramartial Relationships -- XI. Illiteracy and Family Relations -- XII. The Yugoslav Regions -- XIII. The Riddle of Culture Contact -- XIV. Over-all Trends -- XV. The Reshaping of The Family -- Epilogue. Dissolution or Transformation of the Family -- Appendices -- Index